Bartending 101, or breakfast with style.
March 29, 2021 10:28 AM Subscribe
Ah, my daily reminder that my father sucked.
posted by lextex at 10:42 AM on March 29, 2021 [5 favorites]
posted by lextex at 10:42 AM on March 29, 2021 [5 favorites]
That was cute but man I am old and crotchety, because if I went to a bar and the guy did this? Sheesh. I'm not paying you to dance, I'm paying you to pour. Just give me a drink already.
Maybe I just need more coffee.
posted by nushustu at 11:12 AM on March 29, 2021 [7 favorites]
Maybe I just need more coffee.
posted by nushustu at 11:12 AM on March 29, 2021 [7 favorites]
That coffee should be ready for you in about 10 minutes. First, I have to present and grind each bean separately...
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:31 AM on March 29, 2021 [4 favorites]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:31 AM on March 29, 2021 [4 favorites]
I'm not paying you to dance, I'm paying you to pour. Just give me a drink already.
The real drinks that guy is making at work probably cost $20 a piece, the customers are paying for the show.
OK, looked up the logo on his shirt. It's the COVA in the Tenderloin. Well, 20 years ago I would have said it was 100% a "just give a drink already" place, but these days, who knows. After that bakery in the area had only its secret chocolate chip cookie recipe stolen in a burglary, I have no idea what parts of SF are overrun with tourists or not.
posted by sideshow at 11:36 AM on March 29, 2021 [1 favorite]
The real drinks that guy is making at work probably cost $20 a piece, the customers are paying for the show.
OK, looked up the logo on his shirt. It's the COVA in the Tenderloin. Well, 20 years ago I would have said it was 100% a "just give a drink already" place, but these days, who knows. After that bakery in the area had only its secret chocolate chip cookie recipe stolen in a burglary, I have no idea what parts of SF are overrun with tourists or not.
posted by sideshow at 11:36 AM on March 29, 2021 [1 favorite]
Just give me a drink already.
The customer already had an aperitif (that they were allowed to top up themselves by free-pouring, no less) as well as a bar snack while they waited. I'd be pretty happy with that while I waited for my cocktail. The bar didn't look too busy either so I'll allow for some entertainment.
God, I miss going out for a drink.
posted by slimepuppy at 11:38 AM on March 29, 2021 [15 favorites]
The customer already had an aperitif (that they were allowed to top up themselves by free-pouring, no less) as well as a bar snack while they waited. I'd be pretty happy with that while I waited for my cocktail. The bar didn't look too busy either so I'll allow for some entertainment.
God, I miss going out for a drink.
posted by slimepuppy at 11:38 AM on March 29, 2021 [15 favorites]
I'm not paying you to dance, I'm paying you to pour. Just give me a drink already.
Yeah, this is a "go to a different kind of bar" situation. There are plenty of cocktail bars in which a certain amount of elegance in presentation is absolutely part of what you're paying for (e.g., Japanese bartending). This, in my opinion, is distinctly different from "flair" bartending as exemplified by Tom Cruise, et al in the 1988 film. It must also be said that the gentleman in the linked video is rather obviously overdoing things for effect.
I thought it was delightful and funny.
posted by slkinsey at 12:20 PM on March 29, 2021 [2 favorites]
Yeah, this is a "go to a different kind of bar" situation. There are plenty of cocktail bars in which a certain amount of elegance in presentation is absolutely part of what you're paying for (e.g., Japanese bartending). This, in my opinion, is distinctly different from "flair" bartending as exemplified by Tom Cruise, et al in the 1988 film. It must also be said that the gentleman in the linked video is rather obviously overdoing things for effect.
I thought it was delightful and funny.
posted by slkinsey at 12:20 PM on March 29, 2021 [2 favorites]
I think the part of it that made me smile the most was how the kid was just totally blasé about it. Yeah - this is what mealtime looks like.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:25 PM on March 29, 2021 [6 favorites]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:25 PM on March 29, 2021 [6 favorites]
I think I liked the music more than the show-bar techniques...
posted by jim in austin at 1:08 PM on March 29, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by jim in austin at 1:08 PM on March 29, 2021 [2 favorites]
There was zero chance my kids would have let the chicken nugget looking things sit there untouched for more than say 27 seconds. I don't care how much I danced or did the whole circuses thing.
I half expected the kid to bang the counter and say, "Bartender, give me a red-eye and make it snappy."
posted by AugustWest at 1:14 PM on March 29, 2021
I half expected the kid to bang the counter and say, "Bartender, give me a red-eye and make it snappy."
posted by AugustWest at 1:14 PM on March 29, 2021
Well now I miss fancy bars and fancy bartenders. That was so much more charming than it had any right to be.
posted by kalimac at 1:59 PM on March 29, 2021
posted by kalimac at 1:59 PM on March 29, 2021
I like how at the very very end, when the bartender is finally moving on to another customer, this one raises his/her little finger...
posted by queensissy at 4:37 PM on March 29, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by queensissy at 4:37 PM on March 29, 2021 [3 favorites]
Meanwhile Teddy drinks Jack straight from the bottle.
Teddy has seen some shit.
Be glad it's not an old fashioned or highball full of straight Fernet. That's usually a sign of a bartender straight off of shift who needs to drink something that is that bitter to feel anything at all.
posted by loquacious at 6:12 PM on March 29, 2021 [6 favorites]
Teddy has seen some shit.
Be glad it's not an old fashioned or highball full of straight Fernet. That's usually a sign of a bartender straight off of shift who needs to drink something that is that bitter to feel anything at all.
posted by loquacious at 6:12 PM on March 29, 2021 [6 favorites]
Teddy once stole shots from a man in Reno, just to watch him dry.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 6:58 PM on March 29, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 6:58 PM on March 29, 2021 [2 favorites]
I like how at the very very end, when the bartender is finally moving on to another customer, this one raises his/her little finger...
That's because he knew the customer was going to ask for a Fireball shot with a pickleback, and he doesn't have time for that shit because it's not that kind of bar.
posted by loquacious at 7:05 PM on March 29, 2021 [2 favorites]
That's because he knew the customer was going to ask for a Fireball shot with a pickleback, and he doesn't have time for that shit because it's not that kind of bar.
posted by loquacious at 7:05 PM on March 29, 2021 [2 favorites]
Speaking of old time family stuffed bear with a penchant for vice stories... My dad and uncle once had to cheat my cousin's stuffed bear at cards because the bear was playing the dummy hand and absolutely dominating the table.
posted by Nanukthedog at 4:08 PM on March 30, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Nanukthedog at 4:08 PM on March 30, 2021 [1 favorite]
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